FW: [Dundi] DUNDi popularity

Michael Richardson mcr at sandelman.ottawa.on.ca
Thu Oct 12 12:07:39 MST 2006


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>>>>> "Florian" == Florian Overkamp <florian at speakup.nl> writes:
    Florian> Jim Dalton wrote:
    >>> Because DUNDi does not solve the simple problem of who is
    >>> authoritative for which numbers.

    Florian> No, this is left to lawfull setup, which is why it is
    Florian> covered in the GPA used for Dundi's e164 context.

    >> If this shortcoming were solved, would DUNDi make sense for a
    >> public network?

    Florian> If a binding contract covers the obligation, and you are in
    Florian> a ring of trust, do you require technical coverage of the
    Florian> issue as well ?

  I translate this to:
    If everyone is nice to each other, and follows the rules, there
    is no problem.  

    Which I agree with, and this is why DUNDi is definitely useful
    for quite a number of situations.

  The problem is that this kind of trust does not scale to very large
groups. 

    Florian> With ENUM the same problem arises, only it is left to the
    Florian> delegating authority to check. How and even if this is done
    Florian> is highly dependant on which destination and which
    Florian> root-zone you are using.

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